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9 November 2007

• A bill is passed in Parliament granting a seat in the House of Commons to Hapalnia.

7 November 2007

• Governor-General Sir Steven Spell arrives in East Timor on a state visit.

4 November 2007

• Governor-General Sir Steven Spell arrives in Australia on a state visit.

3 November 2007

• The Government's plans to reprivatise passenger railroads are met with criticism.

2 November 2007

• Governor-General Sir Steven Spell receives the first poppy of the RIRSA's annual poppy campaign.

1 November 2007

• Governor-General Sir Steven Spell arrives in New Zealand on a state visit.

29 October 2007

• Governor-General Sir Steven Spell opens the 2nd session of the 15th Parliament.

26 October 2007

• The 1st session of the 15th Parliament is prorogued.

22 October 2007

• The House of Commons approves the nomination of Robert Wu to the Supreme Court. He is appointed to the court by Governor-General Sir Steven Spell shortly afterwards.

21 October 2007

• Prime Minister Sir John Goodwin announces that the 2nd session of the 15th Parliament will be opened by the Governor-General on 29 October.

14 October 2007

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that Governor-General Sir Steven Spell will undertake a state visit to New Zealand, Australia, and East Timor in November. [State Visit|(More...)]

19 September 2007

• The Governor-General's Dragoon Guards prepare to be deployed to Afghanistan. [GGDG Afghanistan|(More...)]

12 September 2007

• Ibaglian athletes win 156 medals (49 of them gold) at the 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa.

3 September 2007

• Prime Minister John Goodwin attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Australia.

25 August 2007

• Governor-General Sir Steven Spell arrives on a surprise visit to Afghanistan. [Afghanistan visit|(More...)]

16 August 2007

• The funeral of Private Mark Gibbs is held at the Army Chapel in Haphonia. [Gibbs Funeral|(More...)]
• Prime Minister Sir John Goodwin nominates Crown Court justice Robert Wu to the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

12 August 2007

• The body of Private Mark Gibbs is returned to Ibagli. [RIR Return|(More...)]

9 August 2007

• A soldier from the 2nd Battalion Royal Ibaglian Regiment has been killed in Afghanistan. [RIR Death|(More...)]
• The Head of State of Samoa departs Ibagli. [Samoa Departure|(More...)]

6 August 2007

• His Highness Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi, the Head of State of Samoa, arrives on a state visit to Ibagli. He will be in Ibagli until 9 August. [Samoa Visit|(More...)]

21 July 2007

• The government announces the state visit of Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi, the Head of State of Samoa from 6-9 August.

13 July 2007

• Green Party MP Loraine Vallee resigns her seat in the House of Commons. As she was a party list MP, her seat will be filled by a person appointed by the party executive.
• Sir Jeremy Cannon is elected leader of the Green Party. He is appointed to the House of Commons by the party executive shortly thereafter.

12 July 2007

• Plans are announced for the funeral of Field Marshal Sir William Benson. [Benson Funeral Plans|(More...)]

10 July 2007

• The family of former Chief of the Defence Staff Field Marshal Sir William Benson announces that Sir William has died of a heart attack. [Benson Death|(More...)]

3 July 2007

• A New Zealand SAS trooper is awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in Afghanistan. [NZVC|(Read the citation)]
• Buckingham Palace has announced that the Countess of Wessex is expecting a second child in December. [Wessex Press Release|(Read the official press release)]

2 July 2007

• Ibaglians are granted the right to travel to the European Union without acquiring a visa after Ibagli is placed in Annex II of the European Union visa regulations. Reciprocity is granted, allowing all EU citizens to travel to Ibagli without acquiring a visa beforehand. Until now, the only EU nations open for visa-free travel were the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, neither of which are signatories to the Schengen treaty, which provides for harmonized border controls and open borders within the European Union.

1 July 2007

• Extra Ibaglian security is ordered to patrol the area surrounding the United Kingdom High Commission. This comes after several high-profile protests that led to arrests of several activists and recent terrorist activity in London and Glasgow.

28 June 2007

• Green Party leader Ashlee Bushway resigns from the party leadership. The party calls a leadership convention for Friday, 13 July.

15 May 2007

• Governor-General Sir Steven Spell is reported to have rode a train to Exeter. [rides train|(More...)]